Chapter 1: The Network Security Tool Paradigm
Overview
Before we can talk about building something (in this case, network security tools), we need to adequately define what that something is. Clinically,A network security tool is an algorithmic implement that is designed to probe, assess, or increase the overall safety of or to mitigate the risk associated with an entity across a communications medium.This chapter offers a new paradigm, or model, for defining network security tools. It graphically details each layer of the model and introduces a new taxonomy to classify tool types. Finally, the chapter closes by fitting the model into a widely known accepted process for developing software. This chapter enables the reader to develop a firm grasp on what a network security tool is and how to begin planning development.